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Re:Magic Lantern by solarkraft on Monday February 18, 2019 @04:32PM (#19194649)
Then again I don't think it's that expensive either.

I suspect the problem here to be scale.

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Re:Magic Lantern by bsder on Monday February 18, 2019 @04:56PM (#19194852)
$1,000 retail thing is generally $300 bill of materials.

I suspect that those are above a $300 BOM given the display, sensor, and plethora of mechanical things (buttons, threads, etc.).

Mechanicals are very expensive compared to electronics. And cameras have LOTS of mechanical thingys.

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Re:Magic Lantern by dogsgobork on Monday February 18, 2019 @06:48PM (#19195564)
The shutter for a typical DSLR can be expected to last for 100,000 shots, if not longer, while opening and closing in 1/8000th of a second. It's impressive engineering.
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Re:Magic Lantern by larrywright on Monday February 18, 2019 @04:44PM (#19194758)
Probably so, my main point was that comparing it to a plastic box with a few buttons and a big screen isn’t really a fair comparison.
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